Relative is buying gift cards for her boyfriend in a russian prison and Agent Larry James is helping. He is sending fake checks to cash and by the time the bank finds out they are out thousands of dollars.

A handsome man messaged me on Grindr, wanting a connection. Our conversation quickly left Grindr, into iMessage, where he proceeded to pressure me into telling him about my current debt. I informed him that I didn't have anything other than some student loans. He claimed he lived in the Bay Area. He insisted that he pay off a portion of the debt, with an amount of $12,000. He gave me banking information for a Bay Area bank, which I used to make the payment. After the initial rush of the encounter was over, I immediately felt foolish for not being suspicious. He never asked me for money, but dodged me every time I asked when we could meet in person, and was insistent on setting up a monthly allowance. I decided I needed to trust my gut after the messages got progressively more suspicious, blocked the account, and now am in-proccess of canceling the payment made to my loans.

Charles Luca messaged me on TikTok back in May. He was charming and claimed to have a daughter and was divorced twice. We quickly moved off TikTok onto telegram an app to communicate. Within a very short period of time he had his daughter communicating with me on telegram as well her name is Alena and she just turned 16 . His birthday is 7/29/1966. He claims to be a private contract/engineer working for Exxon mobile. He told me towards the end of May he was leaving the country and going to Mexico for a big contract he had received. But less than two weeks later he had been robbed and had all kinds of money issues and internet issues. So I assisted him with sending Apple Card for his internet connection at first. Then it was he didn’t have money to fly home to fix the issues and he promised if I helped him he would pay me back with interest. I told him I just needed to be paid back and the interest wasn’t necessary, but he insisted. So I sent him money for the flight and he came home on a Thursday, went to the bank on Friday to confirm his identity and reopen the account for use and didn’t message me until the end of the day stating they would email him in 3 business days. Later I found out the bank doesn’t exist I can’t find it anywhere it’s called Country service International and I’ve gone to the site and it’s a spam account. He then told me he got a new contract even bigger and was going to Columbia South America and would continue to work on the Mexico project at the same time. He also claimed his daughter had no connection and he needed assistance with that as well. Then Thursday and yesterday I sent money for a flight home to once again fix the banking issue and pay me back before I lose my car over helping him. I money have sent him 2000.00 USD and I know I won’t see it but please get his name out there and help to get TikTok to shut these scammer down. TikTok does nothing after we report these people just says they’re not violating TikTok rules and policies. They need to better vet these scammers

Found a dating site sent me text messages from a number that was based in colorado.That did not belong to him, then move to the whatsapp app and started talking about investing money with a company with an arizona 480 number

Used my personal info such as pictures and real name for defamation, and lied that might cost me my career as a realtor and a finance manager in a dealership

The women approached me on the website and start flirting. I was given 50 credits to start then purchased more after running out. The credits can be purchased in packages and cost approximately $.37 each. To begin to chat is two credits per minute. To open a video cost 50 credits. The chat is encouraged to move to letters which cost 10 credits to open and 30 credits to return several videos and pictures are sent that the consumer opens costing 50 credits each time. If you ask to move to another platform, they will send you a number digit by digit in a video costing 50 credits each to open, but you never get the last number. The content becomes blocked when you try to send them any personal information. This is stated in the terms and conditions. In order to obtain contact information the consumer must spend 5000 credits and spend 15 days in conversation with one of the women. At this time, you can request their contact information for an additional 500 credits. You can purchase gifts such as perfume or a laptop ranging from 1500 credits up to 9000 credits.

SCAM !!!!!! ASKED FOR MONEY AND SAID WOULD PAY BACK NEVER PAID BACK !!!! THEN LIED AND SAID THEY HAD ALOT OF MONEY

I am a victim of a pig butchering scam that was resulted in an investment fraud that basically I lost all my life savings in 2024. I met a scammer on Facebook and shortly started the communications on Telegram and WhatsApp. After communicating with this scammer for about a month she introduced a crypto "Tether - USDT" investment opportunity through Crypto.com De wallet App. Unfortunately I lost my entire life savings within three months because I realized all my Tether investments I deposited into Calculatebat.com are not withdrawable and I am not able to withdraw any funds. My wallet at one point was showing that my savings balance was about 724,000 USDT

I was contacted by the number - ?+1 (587) 840-5008? on Whatsapp, after matching on Hinge. Initially it started as a normal conversation, and since i believed this person to be real and having good intentions, i asked them about their "side job". they brought me to https://deficoin.site/#/, and asked me to create an account. This person then asked me to create an account with Newton, and add funds. this was over a week of back and forth conversation, where they gained my trust. I was distrusting at first, but i wanted to see the good in people. They asked me start option trading on the crypto currency using USDC, which i bought through my newton account. after "inflating" my portfolio value, they asked me to withdraw all the funds; but held on to the transaction pending a "tax". Be aware of this kind of sites; and use

Said his name was Robert Wilfred. Used Facebook dating, then Skype which is now teams. Same exact script that the other lady wrote. It’s insane. I did not however go to meet him.

met on a dating website and he offered to pay my credit card debt; this turned out to be a lie and he wanted me to go buy physical in store gift cards for him (I did not do that).

The DEXSSS.com site is a scammer's investment platform that supposedly invest in short term gold. Once your money is on the platform you cannot transfer money off the platform without first paying penalties/taxes/fees/service charges etc

Started as online romance, scam started when money was requested to help get a " gold bar" inheritance.

Social sugar daddy scam, approached me on x, made me send money to other people. My bank says I owe them nearly 5k.

Asked to borrow money promising to pay back as soon as check came in the next week

The scammer was from Nigeria. He first contacted me through a comment I made to a famous comedian. He pretended to be that person reaching out to a fan. After not being able to get money from me, he decided to tell me who he really was. I should have ran but I didn’t. He was very sweet talking and very convincing about what he said. He just kept being sweet and loving to me. It didn’t take long before he knew my triggers. He found out that I lived alone, was elderly, lonely and was someone who was looking for companionship willing to talk several times a day. He was so sweet and lovable that I started falling for him, head over heels. He kept it up, asking for things that he needed for everyday living because he had no job. He said that he was going to college and had a bad leg which required him to wear a brace. He just kept asking for money for various things like money for school, food, rent at school, water electricity, and other things. When I would tell him that I couldn’t send any, he would sweet talk me and say that he was my baby and that he needed the money and that it was just this one time and he wouldn’t ask for anymore, so I would give it to him. His just kept up, all the while sweet talking me and making me feel so special , It went on and on. He would get mad at me for things I said and I would cry and end up apologizing to him and then he would go back to being sweet. I was crying about three quarters of the time but he made me feel like I couldn’t exist without him. My family saw what was happening but I wouldn’t listen to them. Eventually I was so depressed that I overdosed on my meds but a friend of mine suspected what was going on and contacted my family. I was rescued and ended up in the stress unit of our local hospital, where I spent a week with only a tv in the day room, no phone, no iPad, nothing personal. My family worked closely with the professionals to see that things were set up for me to get whatever help I needed and to prepare me and my home for my release. I got to go home after a week. It was quite an adjustment going home. I am slowly getting better and getting the help that I need. I have a great support system with my family and it has brought us back together. It will be a forever struggle to keep getting better. I did end up going through a debt relief program and that will take me 48 months or longer to pay them off. It’s just money and my family is more important. He was so good at what he did to me. He kept trying to contact me while I was in the hospital but my family deleted anything that had to do with him and now I’m still tempted to reach out to him, only because I fell in love with the man I thought he was and not the man he really was. It will be a struggle for a long time but I will keep getting better.

email received: My name is Christopher. I'm an offshore engineer. Your name came up on my LinkedIn page as “people you may know” so I believe it would be worth connecting. You certainly do have interesting information on your LinkedIn page and I must say that you are beautiful. I like your profile picture. I would be moving to your location for my next contract project. It would be nice to be friends and always keep in touch with each other. Let’s see if we can connect and maybe, be together forever in the future, we can share thoughts, ideas, and even opportunities. Here's my photo. Regards, Christopher Happy Mood.jpg

Romance needing money to get out of another country

a “girl” had messaged me on instagram claiming wanting to talk and exchange pictures so I sent a picture of myself and than exchanged ages to confirm it was a safe environment but than we exchanged numbers than edited the photo and put words like”he’s talking to a minor” and threatened me that I would lose my job and report it and than made me pay large amounts of money for them to delete it

Messaged on tiktok offering $700 for “friendship and making them smile”. Tried multiple times to get me to scan a video of a check into my mobile bank account using a second device. They had an “account officer” named david williams message me also asking me to scan a check on a secondary device

Single male for years,used dating apps for 1st. time. Angela Q. Clark responded,matched,photos,info. Middlefield,Texas,verified address as correct. Romanian background,deceased father left inheritance for her. Barrister Ted McCoy of England representing her. This info given after weeks of communication. Very professionally deceptive manner involved victim to financially assist in inheritance recovery. Official appearing documents and websites. McCoy Law Firm. Zenith Bank of UK,Emirates LMCC Gold of Dubai,Romanian Gold Authorities. Emails appearing professional but using AI language. Used possible romantic relationship to introduce to the business side of the scam. Very professional, Angela Q. Clark seducing men via dating sites. Single men and women,dating sites are full of sophisticated predators. Never get emotionally attached until factual proof is given.

AFFIDAVIT OF ROMANCE SCAM VICTIMIZATION 1. Introduction and Personal Information I am a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, and I am over the age of 18. I am submitting this affidavit to formally report that I have been the victim of a romance scam perpetrated by an individual who knowingly and intentionally deceived me for financial and personal gain. As a result of this fraudulent scheme, I suffered the loss of my employment, financial security, housing, and credit standing. 2. How I Met the Individual On or about November 4, 2024, I was contacted by an individual via the dating application Bumble. He identified himself as Padraig Horgan and claimed to be the right-hand K9 dog trainer to President Donald Trump and an associate of an individual named "Llyod" from the National Security Agency (NSA). Over the course of several weeks and months, he developed a romantic relationship with me under false pretenses designed to gain my trust, affection, and financial support. 3. Nature of the Fraud The individual used calculated emotional, psychological, and financial manipulation to exploit my trust. He fabricated a series of elaborate personal and professional claims, including but not limited to: Being stranded or in critical need of travel funds Promising repayment following a delayed business transaction or inheritance Claiming to be under legal or personal duress and needing urgent assistance Trusting his claims and intentions, I left behind my stability, believing I was entering a secure and supportive relationship. Instead, I became the victim of escalating verbal, physical, emotional, and financial abuse. 4. Consequences of the Scam As a direct result of this fraudulent and abusive relationship, I have suffered the following damages: Loss of Employment: My mental and emotional distress caused a significant decline in job performance, leading to the loss of my job. Loss of Funds: I depleted my savings and accrued debt while financially supporting this individual based on his promises and manipulation. Loss of Housing: I issued a 90-day notice to vacate my residence, believing we had secured a new home together. I personally toured multiple properties with three different realtors, only to learn it was all a fabrication. On March 30, 2024—the day I was required to vacate—I had nowhere to go. My son and I became homeless for two traumatic months, left without food, money, or shelter, while the individual continued to manipulate and torment me. Credit Damage: I defaulted on several credit cards and loans taken during this time, believing I was investing in our future. Homelessness: My son and I were unhoused for approximately two months, enduring extreme hardship and instability. Emotional Trauma: I continue to suffer from anxiety, depression, and lasting emotional trauma caused by the betrayal, manipulation, and abuse I endured. 5. Attempts to Verify Identity and Report the Crime As inconsistencies in his claims became apparent, I attempted to verify his identity through: Reverse image searches Requesting live video communication (which he refused) Researching public records and social media profiles Once I realized I had been defrauded, I began the process of gathering evidence and preparing to report this crime to the appropriate authorities, including: Frederick County Police Department (report not yet filed) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (report not yet filed) FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (report not yet filed) Facebook and Instagram (report submitted) 6. Evidence Available I am in possession of the following documentation to support my claims: Screenshots of conversations across text, social media direct messages, and email Bank and money transfer records Photos, documents, and identification images provided by the scammer Correspondence and documentation of attempted or completed reports to authorities 7. Request for Investigation and Relief I respectfully request: A full criminal investigation into the individual known as Padraig Horgan Assistance in identifying and prosecuting this individual Access to victim support services, including potential restitution, housing support, and mental health resources I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Met scammer on TikTok and we begin video chatting and chatting on Microsoft Teams. Scammer claimed to be from Trinidad and lived in New York. Scammer said that he had a 5 year old son. Scammer claimed both of his parents were deceased . Scammer claimed to be an Orthopedic Surgeon working with MSF- Doctor's with out Borders and claimed to be on a humanitarian mission in the Ukraine. Scammer and I communicated for a little over a month. Scammer asked me for my personal information so that he could add me as his emergency contact. Scammer claimed that he performed a surgery on a wife of a surgeon and that he was given $150k and asked if he could send it to me because he could not let the other team members know he had it. I said no, and stopped all communication.

This person uses another person Facebook page to get money from me and used all the tricks in the world so women out there be careful because this happened to me for three years from 2022to 2024 so be careful out there girls

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asked me to be his sugar baby. he would give me 500$ weekly and then because he felt so strong about our connection he wanted to have extra faith in me so he was testing me and wanted to send me 1000$ extra and when it hit he was wanting me to send it back to donate to a church charity the next morning. but as soon as the check hit he canceled and bounced my account.

I was a victim of http://mac.suoosee.com/ scam . She/he identified themselves as someone who lives in LA and would keep repeating about how I can make commission from the MaC website . I invested $500 and was able to make $300 back from the beginner trial . Then I was tricked into putting more money in and eventually my account got frozen and was told I was the lucky ones for this event , please deposit $52000 in order to complete your commission order. I am now unable to unfreeze my account and my money still shows that it's frozen .

I met woman on TikTok who asked me if I wanted to invest in cryptocurrency. I was curious about and she said she could help me invest with $100. After she walked me through the process on Telegram, she asked me to switch over to WhatsApp to continue with the business. While there she asked if I could add an additional $100.00 dollars and I did to increase earnings. Last night she informed me that she some important news from her investment team. We can enter the ETH/USDT30S investment market, and the profit of each order will be 100%. If you have spare funds, I suggest you add them to your investment account, which will be a great help for tomorrow's investment. Then I added $500 dollars. So I became suspicious and contacted the crypto site www.quipmen.com, cold wallet, chat and customer service but to no avail.

This person found me and messaged me on the dating app called Plenty of Fish. We exchanged phone numbers and email addresses. He was portraying himself to be falling in love with me. Today I did a google search of his photo. The photos he sent me were that of an actor named Paulo Brunetti

Romance scam convinced recently widowed man to talk off social media apps. Family member gave phone number and the scammer texts from an iCloud email or Gmail account. Scammer has convinced family member she is a single mother taking care of her disabled grandmother and therefore cannot work and has no money to pay her bills or feed her young son. Family member buys Apple gift card and text messages images of the card information. When I found out about the transactions, this happened when I had to take over family members finances, scammer tells him that I am trying to keep them apart, to buy gift cards with cash taken from the ATM, not to go to the same store every time to buy the gift cards.

So my friend met the dude on TikTok i have screenshots of everything on TikTok his name is theyfuwithjayden he scammed a lot of other people the only reason Ik his address is because when he got into people acc they saw his Ip and leaked it because they stole accounts my activison id was 9038571 I spent allot of money on that game now for a dumb reason I lost everything I lost it all I contacted activison they couldn’t help me I beg the scammer he asked for money I said no please help me

This person has ruined my life. Pretended to be interested just to hack me. He says that it is lucrative. He does not leave me alone. I unsubscribed to his emails more than 5 times and still receive them because he wants me to see the "message" which is actually perturbing. He changed my passwords, texted me from his boyfriend's phone - and pretended that his boyfriend was interested in me. The only reason they wanted to meet me was to scam me and my family. My dad's crypto has been hacked, I cannot access any crypto, he has been making threats to businesses. Police reports have been filed. He not only hacked me but he sent threatening faxes, and affected three major firms since 2019. This criminal is a Scam "Artist" who started breaking into my home once I purchased merchandise from his website in 2018. $700 in cash went missing right after buying his merch. Grant Robert Nelson and Austin Wayne Hunt are liars and thieves.

Greyson Charles started adding me on instagram saying his page was banned because the posted a picture working out at the gym, he have’s pictures of his kids an now I am sure it’s not him he haves sent me pictures to show me it’s “him” but now he’s asking for gift card? I’ve looked up some stuff online an I was told can be a scammer if you can help me expose this nobody will be taken as a sucker he’s very handsome looking so it’s hard to believe it’s fake. But it is.

This initially was a Soulmate Drawing from Teresa Caputo, I gave my date of birth when I was looking for and then it jumped to the $19 payment. I made the $19 payment I was given 24 hours for my drawing of my Soulmate to come through it never did then I went back on thewebsite and then it jumped to a lady named Sarah wanted to do my horoscope. At that point, I realize that it was a scam fraudulent. It’s really sad. It’s going to run Teresa Caputo‘s reputation as a medium/psychic. I then tried to contact customer service. I got a message from a master fang once again directing me to another website wanting more money. I’ve sent three or four emails requesting either my Soulmate Drawing and or my money returned back to my debit card as of today I still have not received neither one of them

A woman claiming to be percillia Holmes auto loan service for car loans contacted the Ford car service in Carmichael CA to try and. Asertain a approval for a used car loan and potential buy for a Ford mustang 2022 model

https://www.grannyspace.com/en-GB/app/my-profile it's a scam site they scam people on there and it's full of pornography and they try to make you believe you set up an account on it when you did not that page is only interested in scamming people it's a fraudulent dating site that wants to only scam you.

sent a message to me on Facebook then asked me to download what App he found out my social security, I never gave any personal information and always threatened to harm my family if I didnt give him money

Fake Facebook.profile Pretended to love my momma who has dementia and she sent him thousands in Apple Gift cards and phones and computers

I was contacted in a dating site called Sasha7. The individual wanted to talk on signal. They then started sending me nudes. I didn't want these and they wanted me to play along. Then they wantded to video chat. They were doing things I didn't want to see in the video chat. They then claimed I was trying to engage in sexual activity with a minor and that they were going to ruin my life unless I sent them 500 dollars. When I refused, they said they'll take 300, because their mother is sick in the hospital. I deleted my signal account, blocked them on Sasha7, and reported the profile. Nothing was done.

Used apple pay to pretend like he is her girlfriend

This person contacted me by a dating app, he asked for my whatsapp number and we start talking as a couple situation. When we were close, he talk to me about an online store he has (e commerce) called Lazada. He share his usarname and pasword so I could help him with his store and try it myself eventually because aparently it had big proffits. I did it and when he was tryong to convince me to put money for my store, I read this same way some other guy has scamm people, so I confront him and he started trying to intimidate me with me been * *** and that is my next carreer. I report the number of whatsapp and thankfully, stopped before giving him money.

romance asked for my ids and passwords and took my crypto. registered me for gov id and tried to take my va benefits.

Was told my crypto was invested and that I could withdraw at any time. I checked the IP address and the physical address is in Reykjavik a commonly used address by all types of scammers.

Pretends to be important in US Army. Tricked me into sending monetary gift cards to her kids. Beware! Shes a professional scam artist!

The scammer Jennifer Galvan had me move my crypto investment to lace. They said I owed fees and income taxes. I paid the fees. No income taxes are owed. They refuse to release my money

Conracted via instagram in April 2024, they pretened to be a celebrity actor.. Led me offsite to telegram chat tricked me into sending 350.00 dollars in gift cards and 150.00 in bitcoins to pay for a fake VIP card with the actors picture on it claiming it was for access to meet the actor. Pretended the whole time to be the actor while claiming to be using management of the actor for the payment transaction.

Romance Scam. She lures you into a fake relationship then makes you her boyfriend. Very psychotic. She played with me for 2 years.

Romance scam - girlfriend asked me to send money to her father's bank account for 'business emergencies' and claimed he was suicidal. Sent thousands via e-transfer. Later found out she was using his account because she couldn't get her own. No repayment despite restaurant business posting success on social media. Multiple victims same pattern.

So a "woman" using the name Anna Leonova reached out on another dating website using a fake profile. She offered "matchmaking services" with Ukrainian women who were here in various cities in the United States (in my case, Raleigh in North Carolina). She "matches" two parties, however....since sending the $300, her contact has been less and less and not at all. The "match" she set me up with never showed up, and has (at least so far) ghosted me. I have more or less already written off my $300, but certainly want to warn others since I was unable to find any complaints about "Midnight Yes" or "Anna Leonova" when I did my research. Hopefully now, something will pop up to warn others when they search.

Scammer used usa military reasons and developed a friendship which became more of a romantic relationship which lead to financial requests for his issues in the service